Dry tooling techniques evolved from mixed climbing, a form of mountaineering where climbers negotiate a mixture of snow, ice and rock during a climb. In terms of protection, a dry tooling rack ...

These tools aren’t meant for building a house, or crafting a sculpture, but for climbing on rock. Dry tooling is a quickly growing sport, in which climbers use tools, like ice axes with sharp points ...

For Longmont Climbing Collective, the Ice Climbing and Dry Tooling World Cup is just around the corner. The competition, set for Feb. 22 and 23, will see athletes from around the world dig their ...

There also will be competition climbing on the gym’s permanent outdoor “dry-tooling” wall. Dry-tooling is a form of climbing that takes place on specially designed walls without ice that ...

They constructed a 60-foot dry-tooling structure — a climbing wall clad with plywood that climbers can sink their ice picks and crampons into without needing any actual ice — on the lawn in the park.

On Saturday, Perez got to compete with athletes from around the world in Longmont at the Ice Climbing and Dry Tooling World Cup. Held at Longmont Climbing Collective in east Longmont, the event ...